Jets, Giants captured their 2024 misery perfectly with three hours of ugly football

This part of the column is for those of you who are Jets fans, and for those of you who are Giants fans, who view all of this from 30,000 feet, with a cool eye and a colder hand, who have determined that the wisest course of action is to root, root, root for the home teams to lose, lose, lose, and lose some more, lose every game, every week, until they lock all the footballs in a closet.

To you I say: Congratulations,

To you I say: Well done. The Jets gave you a scare there for most of the game, and even forced you to wait an extra 4 minutes and 55 seconds before walking away with a hard-earned loss. The Giants gave you a fright when they finally recognized that the Saints are every bit as dreadful a football team as they are; all they had to do was knock an easy 35-yarder through the uprights and you’d have gotten some free football, too.

No need. Bryan Bresee leapt the Giants O-line in a single bound, blocked Graham Gano’s kick and hand-delivered a well-crafted loss to Brian Daboll as he trotted off the field.